FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 29, 2020 11:15am
(Ottawa) – Frontline Officers responded to a robbery in the 300 block of Rideau Street on Friday, June 26th.
At approximately 9:40 pm, a man entered a business, produced a knife and demanded an item from an employee. When another employee attempted to intervene, the suspect threatened that employee with the knife. The suspect left the area on foot.
Responding officers located the suspect nearby, and arrested him following a short foot chase.
Jeansy ENYEKA, 31 years old, of Gatineau is charged with:
- Robbery with a weapon x2
- Possession of a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence
- Breach of Probation x2
He was scheduled to appear in Show cause court on June 27th, 2020.
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